Table 1.
Professional affiliation/workplace, gender distribution and professional experience among the dentists
| Total | Women | Professional experience ≥ 5 years | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| General PDHSα practitioner | 381 | 25 | 252 | 66 | 331 | 87 |
| General private practitioner | 936 | 61 | 388 | 41 | 870 | 93 |
| Senior consultantsβ | 205 | 15 | 77 | 38 | 201 | 98 |
| Totalγ | 1522 | 100 | 717 | 47 | ||
αPDHS = Public Dental Health Service
βIncludes consultants and dentists attending specialist training, working in both PDHS and private practice
γThe number of responders (1522) differ with respect to the total number of participants (n = 1726) due to internal missing data (204 did not respond to the question)